TT vs. ACN, SPGI, ARM, ADP, FI, WM, TRI, MRVL, SPOT, and RSG
Should you be buying Trane Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trane Technologies include Accenture (ACN), S&P Global (SPGI), ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Waste Management (WM), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Spotify Technology (SPOT), and Republic Services (RSG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Trane Technologies has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Accenture's net margin of 10.89%. Trane Technologies' return on equity of 32.78% beat Accenture's return on equity.
Trane Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $300.54, suggesting a potential downside of 8.22%. Accenture has a consensus price target of $380.24, suggesting a potential upside of 34.70%. Given Accenture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accenture is more favorable than Trane Technologies.
Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than Trane Technologies. Accenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trane Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trane Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Accenture pays an annual dividend of $5.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Trane Technologies pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Accenture pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Accenture received 1082 more outperform votes than Trane Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.30% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 42.71% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote.
83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Accenture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accenture has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Accenture had 2 more articles in the media than Trane Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Accenture and 10 mentions for Trane Technologies. Trane Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Accenture's score of 0.85 indicating that Trane Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Accenture beats Trane Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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